Monday, June 10, 2024

Jim Simons and the Quants

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Being centered on mathematicians, this book was not exciting, but it was interesting. James Harris “Jim” Simons (1938-2024) earned his docto...
Sunday, June 9, 2024

Some Limitations of ChatGPT

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University of Texas president Jay Hartzell declared this to be "The Year of AI." So, the assignment for my "Mental Spa Day...
Saturday, June 8, 2024

Fan Fic by ChatGPT (Part 3)

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  Write a story in which the character of Temperance Brennan from the televisions series “Bones” meets the character of Sherlock Holmes as p...
Friday, June 7, 2024

FanFic by ChatGPT (Part 2)

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User: Write a 1250 word scene in which the character Charlie Epps from the TV show NUMB3RS meets the character Abby Sciuto from the televisi...
Thursday, June 6, 2024

FanFic by ChatGPT (Part 1)

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Write a 1250 word scene in which the character of investigator Timothy McGee from the television show NCIS meets the character of Amita Rama...
Sunday, June 2, 2024

ArmadilloCon versus Artificial Intelligence

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In  Star Wars: A New Hope , after we have already learned to like the robots, C3PO and R2D2, the bartender at the Mos Eisley spaceport canti...
Sunday, April 28, 2024

Remembering the Slide Rule

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This came up as a thread in the “Off-Topic Observatory” of the Cloudy Nights discussion board for amateur astronomers. People have all kinds...
Saturday, April 27, 2024

ChatGPT and the Historical Forms of Academic Dishonesty

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  In one criminology class, our professor said that 80% of people are honest 80% of the time; about 20% of the goods on the market have no c...